WiredScore boosts team and gains B Corp certification
Digital connectivity rating firm WiredScore has become the latest real estate business to achieve B Corporation certification.
It follows in the footsteps of FORE Partnership, which gained the certification in November. As a B Corp, businesses have to legally commit to pursuing purpose beyond profit.
Just a handful of UK real estate businesses have attained the certification, including Igloo Regeneration, Bridges Fund Management, Joseph Homes and Newcore Capital.
Digital connectivity rating firm WiredScore has become the latest real estate business to achieve B Corporation certification.
It follows in the footsteps of FORE Partnership, which gained the certification in November. As a B Corp, businesses have to legally commit to pursuing purpose beyond profit.
Just a handful of UK real estate businesses have attained the certification, including Igloo Regeneration, Bridges Fund Management, Joseph Homes and Newcore Capital.
WiredScore said its B Corp status was a reflection of its overall social mission to generate a healthier environment, create stronger communities, and provide high-quality jobs with purpose.
WiredScore president William Newton said: “WiredScore is focused on creating meaningful improvements in the built environment that improve people’s lives. Alongside our commercial ambitions, WiredScore should also strive to reach the highest social and environmental standards. This includes thinking carefully about how our decisions impact our team, our clients, our suppliers and the broader community in which we operate. Committing to certified B Corp status is a welcome validation of our past efforts, and a powerful enforcement mechanism for our future choices.”
The business has made a number of hires including Jules Barker, who joins from British Land to be global director of product, Tom Vaughan-Fowler and Will Buttery, who both join from Knight Frank and will become head of national markets, UK & IE and head of growth markets, EMEA, respectively. The new hires will aid the business as it seeks to expand into new markets across Europe, America, and the Middle East.
Chief executive Arie Barendrecht said: “The year 2020 saw the importance of connectivity fly to the top of everyone’s agenda. Businesses all over the world had staff working from home. We all relied heavily, both professionally and personally, on technology to keep our working and social lives alive virtually.
“Throughout 2021, connectivity will continue to define business continuity, and will remain a top priority across the board. At WiredScore, we’re excited to be developing new products, with plans to move into new markets, bringing better connectivity to more people and enabling more of the world’s buildings to be better connected.”
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